Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Finnish mobile manufacturer, Nokia has unveiled a new flagship smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1 and named it as the Lumia 930. This smartphone has physical dimensions of 137 x 71 x 9.8mm and weighs at 167 grams. Globally, the handset is expected to roll out in June starting with Europe, Asia, Middle East and India. Added to this, the company also announced that the new Windows Phone 8.1 update will be available for the entire Lumia Windows Phone 8 portfolio as an over-the-air (OTA) this summer. The Nokia Lumia 930 price in India is not yet officially confirmed, but it is expected to be available roughly at Rs. 35,800 from beginning of June.

This Lumia handset will have a 5-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen supporting a 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 441ppi. The display features a Gorilla Glass 3 screen added with Super Sensitive Touch feature and a near 180-degree viewing angle. This phone is featuring an aluminium frame with metallic accents. It will be available in a curved polycarbonate back with Bright Orange, Bright Green, Black and White colours. The smartphone is powered by a 2420mAh battery and boasts of built-in wireless charging option.

The phone is featured with LTE quad-band chip and Bluetooth 4.0 LE support as well. It comes with OneDrive, MS Office, Nokia Camera, MixRadio and HERE Maps. It also has various imaging applications such as Nokia Camera, Nokia Storyteller, Nokia Creative Studio and Nokia Refocus. The sensors in this phone include Accelerometer, gyro, proximity and compass. The phone will come with updated imaging software along with some other software improvements. The connectivity features of the smartphone includes Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, NFC, and USB 2.0. The phone has FM radio and it will work with a nano-SIM card.